"LG as a whole" is different. 12 hits → 12 points explosion... "Four home runs." Winning against SSG [On-site review of Incheon]

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The LG Twins, the "defending champion," joined by returning resources who played in the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC), won a pleasant victory.

LG beat SSG Landers 12-7 in the 2026 KBO exhibition game held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 19th.

LG, which had only two wins, three losses and one draw before, returned to a winning percentage of 50%. He scored an average of 5.6 points with 33 points in six games, but the lineup exploded and scored 12 points to secure the victory. On the other hand, SSG lost unfortunately despite four home runs, recording 3 wins and 4 losses.

LG's lineup was composed of Park Hae-min (center fielder), Shin Min-jae (second baseman), Hong Chang-ki (right fielder), Austin Dean (first baseman), Moon Sung-joo (left fielder), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Koo Bon-hyuk (third baseman), Lee Jae-won (designated hitter), and Lee Joo-heon (catcher). The starting pitcher is Song Seung-ki.

Park Hae-min and Shin Min-jae joined the team after finishing WBC and participated for the first time. As neither of them played as key resources, there is a burden of time difference or fatigue, but coach Yeom Kyung-yeop immediately put them in the starting lineup.

Starting pitcher Song Seung-ki was the only pitcher in the WBC who did not take the mound. He said he would start the day and make him throw 50 pitches as his sense of play fell.

SSG confronted Park Sung-han (striker), Guillermo Herredia (left fielder), Choi Jung (third baseman), Kim Jae-hwan (designated hitter), Ko Myung-jun (first baseman), Kim Sung-wook (center fielder), Lee Ji-young (catcher), Lim Geun-woo (right fielder), and Jung Joon-jae (second baseman). The starting pitcher is Shota Takeda.

LG led from the beginning of the game. In the top of the first inning, Park Hae-min's left-handed hit and Shin Min-jae's walk set the table, and Chun Sung-ho's double play came out, but Austin's timely hit scored the first run. In the second inning, Koo Bon-hyuk walked on base and headed to third base when Lee Joo-heon hit the right-hander, and later homered when Park Hae-min hit a grounder.

On the other hand, LG starter Song Seung-ki pitched brilliantly as if he was relieved of his absence from the WBC. He did not allow a single hit until the third inning and blocked it, and even caught Park Sung-han, the first batter in the fourth inning. Song Seung-ki, who allowed a walk after a 10-pitch match with Herredia, was hit by a changeup on the first pitch thrown to Choi Jung and gave up a tiebreaking two-run shot, but showed satisfactory pitching and handed the ball over to Kim Young-woo.

In the SSG lineup, Ko Myung-joon hit a solo shot and succeeded in turning the tables.

LG's batters gained strength again. After Hong Chang-ki walked in the fifth inning, Austin hit a huge come-from-behind two-run home run with a distance of 130 meters. In the sixth inning, Lee Jae-won and Lee Joo-heon got on base with consecutive walks, and Lee Young-bin scored a two-run triple followed by Chun Sung-ho's ground ball.

SSG also followed two more runs with consecutive solo home runs by Ko Myung-joon in the sixth inning and consecutive long balls by Lim Geun-woo and Jung Joon-jae in the seventh inning, but LG added one run in the seventh inning and started with Song Chan's double in the eighth inning, and ran away two more runs with Chun Sung-ho's infield hit and Moon Sung-joo's timely hit.

SSG had to be satisfied that pinch hitter Cho Hyung-woo hit a solo shot in the bottom of the eighth inning to make four home runs. Following Lee Joo-heon's walk in the top of the ninth inning, Song Chan-ui sealed the game by stealing a two-run shot that easily crossed the central fence to Chung Dong-yoon.

Despite giving up a home run, LG starter Song Seung-ki pitched impressively with one hit (one home run) and one walk, two strikeouts and two runs in just 46 ⅓ innings.

On the other hand, SSG Takeda threw 68 pitches in three innings and allowed two runs with five pitches that were more painful than three hits, before stepping down to add to his regret.

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